James Blake has seen his share of phenoms and flame-outs during his days on the ATP tour. The American, who played his final match at the U.S. Open last month, is optimistic about the future of the sport's leading young guns. Asked to assess the potential of four talented young

A lot of looks, some quite colorful, were on display at the WTA Tour's Pre-Wimbledon Party on Thursday. Richard Branson's family owns the Kensington Roof Gardens home in London, and the tennis-loving Virgin mogul hosted the event. Maria Sharapova, for one, opted to show in a souped-up Porsche, the brand's

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) -- Second-seeded Ivo Karlovic of Croatia and Samuel Groth of Australia advanced to the semifinals of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships on Thursday. The 153rd-ranked Groth defeated defending champion Nicolas Mahut of France 6-3, 6-4, and Karlovic edged Dudi Sela of Israel 7-6 (3), 7-5. The

LONDON (AP) -- Petra Kvitova overwhelmed Eugenie Bouchard 6-3, 6-0 in less than an hour Saturday to win Wimbledon for the second time in the most lop-sided final in more than two decades. The Czech left-hander completely outplayed the 20-year-old Canadian - appearing in her first Grand Slam final -

With pros on the ATP and WTA tours essentially jumping into Grand Slam play with only a couple of weeks of competition, at best, it was going to be anyone’s ball game as far as finding a spot in the finals, with both doubles draws reflecting that. Here’s a preview

“There were some little ups and downs,” Jannik Sinner said after his 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4), 2-6, 7-6 (4) second-round win over Matteo Berrettini at Wimbledon on Wednesday. “Which is normal for five sets.” There may be a lesson in these words from the world No. 1. Hiccups, lulls, mental

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- When Viktor Troicki was banned from tennis for failing to provide a blood sample for a drug test, he was so angry he needed a little distance from the game. He went skiing - a lot. He spent time with family and traveled with his good

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Novak Djokovic did enough to beat defending champion Stan Wawrinka in a semifinal match that lacked the intensity of their recent five-setters, setting up an Australian Open final against long-time friend and rival Andy Murray. The top-ranked Djokovic beat Wawrinka in a peculiarly seesawing 7-6 (1), 3-6,

Most people might've consider Emma Raducanu's Centre Court defeat to qualifier Lulu Sun on Sunday at Wimbledon to be a surprise, considering the 2021 US Open champion's resurgent form in the grass-court summer and Sun's relative inexperience on the biggest stages of top level tennis. But the Brit was serving

WimbleSpin harbors this regal fortnight's latest off-court news. A TALE OF TWO STARSBradley Cooper opted to chew on a toothpick and stare at Roger Federer's tennis from behind his backward baseball cap and sunglasses, not exactly the ideal etiquette of Wimbledon's famous comers. Meanwhile, David Beckham, sporting a fine suit

MONTREAL (AP) Kei Nishikori beat Pablo Andujar 6-3, 6-3 on Wednesday in the ATP Tour's Rogers Cup in his first match since winning the Citi Open last week in Washington. The fourth-seeded Nishikori, a finalist last year in the U.S. Open, earned his tour-leading 27th hardcourt win of the season

There were two critical power outages in Canada today. One took place in Montreal, where a blackout affected a quarter-of-a-million people—and many aspects of WTA Rogers Cup tournament, including the electronic line-calling system. The other occurred in Toronto, where Canadian Peter Polansky’s lightweight game proved no match for that of

I have been suffering from a form of depression for many years. It got to the point last February where I couldn't go on. … Depression is nothing to be ashamed of. I'm hoping, by opening up about this, I can encourage someone to get the help they deserve. …

DOHA—Andrey Rublev is heading to Australia armed with a stunning falcon trophy and a Top 20 ranking. The 22-year-old earned both by closing out qualifier Corentin Moutet, 6-2, 7-6 (3) in Saturday’s Qatar Open final. "It's my first experience at the start of a season with the trophy, and it's

Novak Djokovic's former coach, Boris Becker, says the Serb did not look like himself during his five-set defeat to Denis Istomin in the second round of the Australian Open. Djokovic, who appeared more agitated during his first-round encounter with Fernando Verdasco, said he was not happy with his performance, but

An errant forehand volley on a sitter ball was the ostensible downfall of Paolo Lorenzi, Novak Djokovic's first-round opponent at the Australian Open. The 30-year-old Italian, ranked No. 109 and playing in only his fourth major, had broken Djokovic first at 1-1 in the first set. Serving at 2-3, 15-love,

MELBOURNE—There were a couple of question marks surrounding the generally unquestionable Serena Williams game tonight, but the American didn’t take long to answer them in her quasi-routine, 6-3, 6-2 win over Tamira Paszek. First, there was the question of rust. Williams had played only two matches in preparation for this

Bethanie Mattek-Sands lifted another back-spinning drop shot that fell over the net like a marionette whose strings were snapped, leaving Agnieszka Radwanska lunging at air. Radwanska has a well-earned reputation as a shrewd problem solver, but she looked completely bamboozled at times by Mattek-Sands' daring net play and dipping droppers.

Staring down double match point as the rhythmic clapping of the Centre Court crowd echoed in her ears, Sabine Lisicki needed no luck from the gold horseshoe around her neck. The 62nd-ranked wild card pulled out the hammer and banged four ferocious, unreturnable serves in succession. That stirring service display

Maybe it was just as well. Right around the start time of the Madrid exhibition between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, I got a call from my son Luke's school. Seems like he might have broken his arm in a playground mishap. Turns out it's probably just a severe sprain.